Presentations and discussions at this international conference covered a wide range of topics on: general ecology (behavioural, community, ecological genetics, ecophysiology, environmental change, population dynamics, vegetation ecology); applied ecology (agriculture and forest conservation, ecotoxicology, environmental pollution, habitat restoration, landuse planning, etc); ecosystems (grasslands, forests, aquatic, urban, mountain); biodiversity (gene, species and ecosystem levels); and environmental affairs (economics, education, ethics, policy, etc). Divided into six parts, and 58 articles, the book covers: keynote address and special lectures; ecology and environment; biodiversity information; anatomy, cyto-genetics and ecophysiology of plants; conservation and management topics; conference details.